The Artifice Girl

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The Artifice Girl

Released Apr 27, 2023

1h 33m

Sci-Fi

Mystery & Thriller

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A team of special agents discovers a revolutionary new computer program to bait and trap online predators. After teaming up with the program's troubled developer, they soon find that the AI is rapidly advancing beyond its original purpose.

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The Artifice Girl blends timely themes and a sci-fi structure to explore thought-provoking questions surrounding the ethics of artificial intelligence.

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Adam Kempenaar

Filmspotting

It’s a film that I’m sure some will decry as too talky… I feel otherwise, for several reasons, including its clearly intentional mise en scene – the lighting, blocking, editing, and the intimacy and urgency produced by those confined spaces.

Rated: 4/5

May 26, 2023

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Ty Burr

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It’s a surprisingly tender drama of ideas that at times reminded me of a variation on the 2001 Spielberg/Kubrick film “A.I. Artificial Intelligence.”

Rated: 3/4

May 5, 2023

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Noel Murray

Los Angeles Times

The action is in the dialogue, which presents a series of invigorating arguments about where the ethical lines are when it comes to creating and then exploiting an intelligent computer program.

May 2, 2023

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Ayrton-Lewis Avery

Battle Royale With Cheese

The Artifice Girl is just one proof that Ritch can direct independent cinema that is as strange as it is enjoyable.

Dec 16, 2024

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Katelyn Nelson

Daily Grindhouse

A markedly uncomfortable and emotional watch, Ritch’s film feels both unique and necessary, especially in a world where technology itself is constantly shifting from luxury to necessity.

Aug 4, 2024

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Joshua Polanski

Offscreen

The directorial work is impressive but [Franklin] Ritch’s script and performance are something to marvel at.

Jul 31, 2024

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Craig K

Interesting. Worth a watch.

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

08/25/25

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nick s

Good use of mood lighting, along with talented acting and directing, make it an enjoyable watch scene by scene. But it's a very talky movie with a lot of exposition. And very little in the way of scene changes or physical action. So quality on a minimum budget. It was just a tad too dull for me.

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

08/11/25

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Audience Member

Wow! Forget about all the downvoters here, who come across as ignorant smart-asses on a crumb-eating level, and in their criticism leave out an essential fact that is actually presented clearly and explicitly in the film, and therefore enables the development of this said and criticized possibility. This film is brilliantly written, if not a masterpiece, with a great performance and a crazy good progression and also ending. The downvoters are simply limited crumb-eaters who haven't eaten all the crumbs from the script, but rather consciously leave out the important ones so they can present their impure error.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

08/07/25

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Vincent F

Amazing concept and well executed. I really enjoyed the interaction between the AI girl and the main character, how you could tell early on that it had progressed past the point of being just a computer and into a human-like consciousness. The acting was, in my opinion, incredible for a child actress and other adult actors with few acting credits to their name.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

08/06/25

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J David M

The smartest movie I've seen in years. If you're interested in AI and feel like paying attention, this is a great watch.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

07/06/25

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Andy B

This starts well, but as the interminable talking progresses, all the tension drains away and it becomes increasingly hard work.

Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars

06/27/25

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Synopsis

A team of special agents discovers a revolutionary new computer program to bait and trap online predators. After teaming up with the program's troubled developer, they soon find that the AI is rapidly advancing beyond its original purpose.

Director: Franklin Ritch
Producer: Aaron B. Koontz, Ashleigh Snead
Screenwriter: Franklin Ritch
Distributor: XYZ Films
Production Co: Paper Street Pictures, Last Resort Ideas, Blood Oath
Genre: Sci-Fi, Mystery & Thriller
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Apr 27, 2023, Limited
Release Date (Streaming): Apr 27, 2023
Runtime: 1h 33m

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